Bordercollie
Senior Member
But 2xL12 Trainsets? So they broke them up into 4xL6 at milton? I thought they were not running L12's even post pandemic.
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GO Transit Fleet Equipment and other
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smallspy
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There are cars stored all over the network that are plugged into the wayside systems, but without locos. The locos have a different maintenance and inspection schedule, and so are kept at Willowbrook and Whitby.
So yes, they could easily have built 2 of the 6-car trainsets into L12s with spare coaches that needed to be brought back, coupled the two trains up and brought them down with a single crew. Or they could have have uncoupled the locos from their trainsets (but left the coaches plugged in to the wayside), grabbed strings of stored coaches and brought those down.
Dan
drum118
Superstar
One only has to look at various areas where L12 car trains were store to see nothing but coaches end to end there now with no power, Can see this from the 401. Georgetown is another location along with the east Don yard. Then there is Willowbrook yard..
Fritter
Active Member
I thought has occurred to me. Has GO/Metrolinx retired any of it's bi-level cars, or have they just refurbished every one right from the eighties onwards?
Bureaucromancer
Active Member
drum118
Superstar
Go to this page as it very detail
smallspy
Senior Member
GO has only sold off 12 cars - the 10 coaches and 2 cab cars to TRE.
Every single other BiLevel that they have ever purchased (now amounting to 952 cars) remains in active service, although some are currently away getting more major maintenance or refitting.
Dan
AHK
Senior Member
For those who may not be familiar with the abbreviated name, TRE is Trinity Railway Express, a commuter rail in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Wikipedia entry at:
en.wikipedia.org
And speaking of the former GO BiLevel railcars sold to Trinity Rail Express - on Monday July 12, a TRE BiLevel car was seen in the CAD Railway Industries shop yards in Lachine, just outside of Montreal, during our visit there. No way of knowing for sure whether or not it was one of the former GO cars, or one of the BiLevels that TRE had subsequently acquired elsewhere. It was having seen the branding on that car that triggered me into looking up 'Trinity Express', in the first place.
Trinity Railway Express - Wikipedia
And speaking of the former GO BiLevel railcars sold to Trinity Rail Express - on Monday July 12, a TRE BiLevel car was seen in the CAD Railway Industries shop yards in Lachine, just outside of Montreal, during our visit there. No way of knowing for sure whether or not it was one of the former GO cars, or one of the BiLevels that TRE had subsequently acquired elsewhere. It was having seen the branding on that car that triggered me into looking up 'Trinity Express', in the first place.
smallspy
Senior Member
Allandale25
Senior Member
From today.
cplchanb
Senior Member
Is it being rebuilt for go or has it been sold to another agency?
Allandale25
Senior Member
44 North
Senior Member
They should've given some a complete Olympics wrap to support our athletes.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
Stuff like that is kind of tricky because the host country owns the rights to use the Olympic rings and associated logos and has to give permission for them to be used. There are exceptions like for example lighting Olympic caldeens during the games but that has to be cleared with the IOC as well.
smallspy
Senior Member
That is one of several older cab cars that have been sent to North Bay for refurbishing and modification to remove much of the equipment required to be a cab car.
Dan